User talk:Philg88
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December 13 2014
Thank you Philg88. You explained to me on my Teahouse question what the problem was with my subpage being critiqued for 2 disambiguation entries. I figured out why that had happened. It was when it was edited. The problem was due to my original citations. I have corrected them and I appreciate your help. JanvermontJanvermont (talk) 14:22, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Sunil Kumar Verma
Please tell me what next about article on Sunil Kumar Verma i.e how can I start working on this now after it has been userfied?? I am new to wiki editing business...but will try my best Educationtemple (talk) 14:41, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Educationtemple: Crisco 1492 has kindly offered to userfy the article and he will let you know when that has been done. You then need to ensure that it meets Wikipedia guidelines, particularly with regards to notability, which means adding the references you cited at the deletion review. If you are unsure what to do you can always ask at the Teahouse. Good luck! Philg88 ♦talk 15:50, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Philg88 . Thanks for kind suggestion. I see that it has been userfied now. I will try my best to do justice with this. If unsure at some step, would request help. Once I have done it at my end, I will update you and the House accordingly. Regards. Educationtemple (talk) 16:01, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
- No problem. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 16:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88 . I have worked on this article after it was userfied and re-written with all new evidences. Could you please review this for me so that it could be rescued as normal article out of userspace? User:Educationtemple/Sunil Kumar Verma Educationtemple (talk) 20:12, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Sir, Philg88 I note that one editor has left a note to speedy delete the article that I have developed in my userspace after it was userfied. Could you please help to get this notice removed and review the new article with all the latest references discussed in DRV and then move it into the article space as appropriate. Thanks. Educationtemple (talk) 05:16, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Educationtemple: Hi there, FreeRangeFrog kindly removed the speedy deletion notice from your draft before I got there so don't worry about that. Excellent work on the revised version, well done! That said, we don't normally have a large pull quote in the middle of an article—it can be precised and turned into article text with appropriate references. If you don't mind, I will do that along with a couple of tweaks to the style and grammar. Let me know if that course of action is OK with you. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:17, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
In fact, if you do these tweaks, it would be an honor indeed! Please go ahead Philg88 and thanks in advance. Educationtemple (talk) 10:13, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Educationtemple! All done and I hope that you are satisfied with the result! You might want to consider submitting this to the Did You Know? project, which would mean a link to the article from the main page. The hook might be something like: "Did you know that Sunil Kumar Verma was co-inventor of a technology that allows the identification of any bird, mammal or fish?" Best, Philg88 ♦talk 08:18, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Wonderful Job! Dear Philg88 . Many Thanks......I will try to submit this to Did You Know? project as you suggested. Thanks again. Educationtemple (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88 , I had a look of DYK project. I Read rules and tried to submit the article ..I fear that I may mess up the things during submission/nomination....May I request you to please give few more minutes and nominate it...?? The following DYK would be relevant =
Did you know that Sunil Kumar Verma was co-inventor of Universal primer technology, which allows identification of any unknown biological sample and its assignation to a known species source?
Please let me know if you could do this, please! Thanks. Educationtemple (talk) 15:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
and Yes, please let me know if you need my input on any specific article on advance science and technology related topics from anywhere in world, Specific topics related to Indian Educationists, Academicians, Academic Policies, Discoveries and innovations done in the world, Caste and religion related topics, or history related issues specifically the history of Indian subcontinent. I would be happy to work with you and provide my unbiased findings and share the knowledge. Educationtemple (talk) 15:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Done See Template:Did you know nominations/Sunil Kumar Verma May I suggest you put something on your user page? It looks a bit odd having a red-linked author in a DYK submission. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 17:21, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Done Oh! I did not realize that! Thanks! As soon as I have more contributions on Wiki, I will add more sections on my userpage accordingly. I need to learn a lot though! Hope DYK for Sunil Kumar Verma would be voted positively by reviewers. Cheers! Educationtemple (talk) 17:57, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88 . After the nomination it got stuck at that stage. What is the next obvious step / stage? Just for my knowledge. Educationtemple (talk) 08:21, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Educationtemple: Don't worry it's not stuck. Sometimes it takes a while for submissions to be reviewed. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 08:29, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Wow! I just noticed that the article Sunil Kumar Verma was on main page on 23rd December 2014! That's great of you Philg88 ! Nice to work with you and learn from you!....Cheers!! Educationtemple (talk) 11:42, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi again Philg88 . Respected editor @ Randykitty has changed the word 'discovery' to 'development' in Sunil Kumar Verma giving the reason that technology can not be discovered. Do you agree with this? I think that if technology can not be 'discovered', surely it could be 'invented' thats why in a patent document the term 'inventor' and 'invention' is used as was used in the patent documents pertaining to Universal primer technology (see the Abstract which reads as...The invention provides novel universal primers....") If you agree, I would recommend changing the word 'development' to 'invention'. Educationtemple (talk) 13:36, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- Randykitty's change seems reasonable to me but "invention" might be better. Philg88 ♦talk 14:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- "Invention/invented" is already being used in the article, too. It improves readility to vary wording a bit, not to become too repetitive. --Randykitty (talk) 15:06, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Done Someone need to work on citations requirements that Randykitty has marked in the article. I could find at least one reliable source, the official website of DAAD where brief biography of Verma mentions all the points mentioned in the article. Will it suffice? If Yes, It may be cited as appropriate and cn tags may be removed. Thanks Philg88 and Randykitty for expert comments and editing Educationtemple (talk) 15:11, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- Please go ahead and add the required citations. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 15:45, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
AGR's block
Would you state this block on ANI? For user preference. Bladesmulti (talk) 13:13, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
- Sure. Philg88 ♦talk 13:19, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Bladesmulti: You may care to take a look at Nepal, it seems we have a potentially similar situation developing there. Philg88 ♦talk 08:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- I have that page added to my watchlist, I have just reverted him. It looks like he is continously involved in promoting his thought and discriminating others. See the edit history of India, Gautama Buddha( and the talk (page)) It is obvious that he has crossed 3rr, since he has changed pointed content for more than 3 times in 24 hours during the edit dispute. Bladesmulti (talk) 08:21, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- As it stands on Gautama Buddha, you are both at two reverts each so please be careful. It seems that we have a clear case of WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT with regard to Buddha's birthplace and I'm minded to consider this disruptive in light of the other article edits. Philg88 ♦talk 08:44, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- Yes I did two times. He is just misrepresenting a faulty citation(UNESCO) and adding imaginary claims like "He lived most of his life in Nepal", etc, when they are not supported by the citation. Bladesmulti (talk) 09:00, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- As it stands on Gautama Buddha, you are both at two reverts each so please be careful. It seems that we have a clear case of WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT with regard to Buddha's birthplace and I'm minded to consider this disruptive in light of the other article edits. Philg88 ♦talk 08:44, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- I have that page added to my watchlist, I have just reverted him. It looks like he is continously involved in promoting his thought and discriminating others. See the edit history of India, Gautama Buddha( and the talk (page)) It is obvious that he has crossed 3rr, since he has changed pointed content for more than 3 times in 24 hours during the edit dispute. Bladesmulti (talk) 08:21, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Bladesmulti: You may care to take a look at Nepal, it seems we have a potentially similar situation developing there. Philg88 ♦talk 08:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I can't take sides in a content dispute to avoid becoming WP:INVOLVED. What I don't want here is for you to end up getting blocked for edit warring. I've left a further message on AGRs talk page, indicating that my patience is wearing thin. Philg88 ♦talk 09:06, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- Comment
- Undid for (nonsensical and too against the rest of historicity) [1] when I had provided the source and Gautam Buddha has lived more than 15 yrs in Nepal. I had written the same.
- Undid revision without reason [2] Inclusion of History of India in name of History of Indian subcontinent in History of South Asia South Asia as if whole south asia is contained within India.
- Undid revision (irrevalent category) [3] But the category for english is relavent.
- Undid revision (nonsensial) [4]
Tasks done By Bladesmulti AmRit GhiMire "Ranjit" 02:41, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
Of interest: [5] --NeilN talk to me 03:14, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up, Neil. I see AGR was blocked for a further week while I was catching up on some sleep. Peace now descends on Nepal and the Buddha! Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
Closure too speedy, involvement
About this ANI thread, you closed [6]. You closed it way too early, clearly discussion was going on. You left no option to reply, while the editor you quoted (Scottywong) had changed their argument and made grave accusations against me. Also, in your closing statement, you show to take sides, that is: you entered your opinion in the conclusion. That makes you an involved editor (quite simply: opinions go in the thread, uninvolved editors close). I note that in a previous ANI closure where we met, you did the same [7] (then, even allowing a partisan editor to edit & cleanup the record after your closure). -DePiep (talk) 12:30, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure quite what end your message is supposed to achieve. I told you where participants could continue the discussion if necessary, where I see Andy Mabbett is waiting for you to reply. At the same time, I fail to see how my summary of what another admin said in an ANI closing summary can be construed as in any way WP:INVOLVED. Philg88 ♦talk 16:16, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- If you don't understand what my initial ANI post requested, why do you think you are capable of concluding it? Here you are asking for clarification afterwards, you should have asked in the ANI thread of course. Here you repeat that you have an opinion in this (however uninformed). As for Pigsonthewing "waiting" for a reply: not so. Pigsontewing started stalking me (not so strange, since you gave them a free pass for the earlier untalked reverts). All in all you show & repeat here that you have concluded the ANI without reading it, and biased against me. (And previously you allowed an editor change your closed ANI discussion, helping whitewashing your own actions and cloring me bad). Most disgusting point in your attitude, after not reading the points I mentioned, is that you start blaming me for not going to talkpages, while Pigsonthewing/Mabbett actually did the edit warring without any talkpage contribution. Disgusting attitude. -DePiep (talk) 10:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- After my opening sentence, I wrote: You closed it way too early, clearly discussion was going on. You did not respond to *that* in any way, your response here is evading and redirecting. You have the freedom of an admin to do so, in fact to ignore any text written. That must be the Admin's Sixth Pillar then. -DePiep (talk) 18:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- If you don't understand what my initial ANI post requested, why do you think you are capable of concluding it? Here you are asking for clarification afterwards, you should have asked in the ANI thread of course. Here you repeat that you have an opinion in this (however uninformed). As for Pigsonthewing "waiting" for a reply: not so. Pigsontewing started stalking me (not so strange, since you gave them a free pass for the earlier untalked reverts). All in all you show & repeat here that you have concluded the ANI without reading it, and biased against me. (And previously you allowed an editor change your closed ANI discussion, helping whitewashing your own actions and cloring me bad). Most disgusting point in your attitude, after not reading the points I mentioned, is that you start blaming me for not going to talkpages, while Pigsonthewing/Mabbett actually did the edit warring without any talkpage contribution. Disgusting attitude. -DePiep (talk) 10:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
About the usage of G6 for speedy deletion
Hello, Philg88. First of all, thank you for moving Ilhabela. Now, I've been thinking: would it have been possible for me, as a non-admin, to add {{db-move|1=Ilhabela, São Paulo|2=unnecessary disamiguation}} or something like that to that page, so that it gets deleted and I can make the move myself without taking the time of admins? Or it doesn't make much difference if I do it myself or if I request the move? Thank you, Victão Lopes Fala! 20:51, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- Hi there Victão, and thanks for the message. As you say, it doesn't make much difference but it's probably quicker to request it at non-controversial moves as an admin is likely to see it more quickly—the page is checked pretty often. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 21:44, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Referencia
Hola PHILG88, acabo de crear dos pagina German Salvadoran y Salvadorans in Guatemala, pero en la ultima pagina que te mencione, hay un problema con la primer referencia, y si se lo que pasa, pero se trata de un libro, y me indica que tengo que poner al autor, pero el libro que consulte, no dice el nombre autor solo dice que lo hizo la ONU y CEPAL. Gracias y feliz tarde (Halias 23) 02:59, 27 de Noviembre 2014 (UTC)
Technical page move: Java Servlet to Java servlet?
I noticed you removed the request to move Java Servlet to Java servlet and the page move log says it was moved but the page still has the old title. Was this an oversight? Thanks for your help. Jojalozzo 04:48, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Jojalozzo: No it wasn't an oversight. I carried out the move as an "uncontroversial technical request" but it clearly wasn't as Andy Dingley reverted the move. If you still want the article moved you will need to talk to Andy or post a {{requested move}} template on the talk page. Philg88 ♦talk 07:37, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
- This has come and gone repeatedly over the years. It comes down to, "Does WP's abhorrence for capitalisation override Sun et al. (with sources) treating it as a proper noun phrase?"
- It's probable, given WP's fondness for inventing neologisms over following reality, that it will end up lowercased. However it's certainly not "uncontroversial". Andy Dingley (talk) 11:56, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
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Vijender Kumar
Dear Philg88 , as an attempt to enrich the Wikipedia:WikiProject India, I have drafted the article on Vijender Kumar, Professor of Law, who has recently assumed charge as Vice Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India. Please see the draft article here in my user space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Educationtemple/sandbox/Vijender_Kumar): I shall be grateful if you could kindly review this and if appropriate, please move to main section. Thanks in advance. Educationtemple (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Educationtemple and welcome back. I've done some minor copyediting on the article but I'm afraid at the moment it is not suitable for main article space. The sections on "Education and career" and "Contributions" are completely unreferenced so you need to add appropriate citations from reliable sources in line with Wikipedia's WP:GNG/Biographies of living persons policy. Philg88 ♦talk 06:25, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88 thanks for comments. I shall work on these points ASAP. Educationtemple (talk) 06:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88 did some more tweaking, added some more references in "Education and career" and "Contributions". Please see the latest version (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Educationtemple/sandbox/Vijender_Kumar). If not still OK, I will have to do more research on the net to find out more about him. Please let me know. Thanks. Educationtemple (talk) 10:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
I already see his name on the article Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan as well as the article on National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (As Vice Chancellor of the University) . I shall update the inline links from these pages if this article is approved. Educationtemple (talk) 11:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Educationtemple: All done. Another nice article, well done! Philg88 ♦talk 11:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88 This is wonderful! Thanks a lot once again! Cheers! Educationtemple (talk) 11:57, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for Being my teacher
Thank You Philg88
Educationtemple (talk) 16:16, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Fringe source
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uyghur_people&diff=635767398&oldid=635488688
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uyghur_people&diff=636171698&oldid=636099772
Sino-Platonic papers publishes fringe theories, it explicitly seeks out unknown and "independent" authors to publish "controversial" material.
http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp150_uyghurs.pdf
Rajmaan (talk) 16:30, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- I am afraid this is going to turn into a revert spree with me and him undoing each other's edits so someone needs to step in.Rajmaan (talk) 23:13, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Rajmaan: Hey my friend. This looks like a matter for WP:Dispute Resolution/Reliable sources noticeboard rather than something I can wave a magic wand at. FWIW, looking at the source I would say that a journal published by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at University of Pennsylvania under the editorship of Victor H. Mair would generally be considered reliable. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:01, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- I discussed the problematic content at User talk:Hzh and decided on what to remove. (And as a side note, Mair doesn't publish "mainstream" material in that journal nor accepts material by people with established credentials, the reason Mair runs this journal is to give a platform for strange theories regarding ancient central asian connections or influence in China, I've seen articles there claiming indo-european provenance for words in Chinese that basically any mainstream linguist would dismiss, but that's not the specific issue here)Rajmaan (talk) 06:07, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Rajmaan: Looks like you have a constructive dialog underway with Hzh, so I don't think that there's any danger of an edit war developing. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- I discussed the problematic content at User talk:Hzh and decided on what to remove. (And as a side note, Mair doesn't publish "mainstream" material in that journal nor accepts material by people with established credentials, the reason Mair runs this journal is to give a platform for strange theories regarding ancient central asian connections or influence in China, I've seen articles there claiming indo-european provenance for words in Chinese that basically any mainstream linguist would dismiss, but that's not the specific issue here)Rajmaan (talk) 06:07, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
AYUDA URGENTE
Hola de nuevo Philg88, soy halias 23 con otra cuenta, perdi la contrasena de Halias 23, trate de restablecerla pero no se pudo, ayudeme a recuperar mi cuenta, muchisimas gracias, saludos de (ELreydeEspana) y (Halias 23) 11:51 01/12/14 (UTC)
- I got the same message and have left a reply for this on my talk page. Feel free to add to the conversation here or there if I have misunderstood something (which is quite likely) Best, w.carter-Talk 18:44, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- Replied there. Philg88 ♦talk 20:41, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- upsss, lo siento, solo necesitaba ayuda rapida, pero si es molestia que coloque el mismo mensaje a dos personas no lo haré mas (ELreydeEspana) 18:05 01/12/14 (UTC)
Como mover mi cuenta antigua con la actual?
Hola Philg88, W.carter me menciono que es administrador y puede ayudarme a mover mi historial, discusiones y otras cosas de mi antigua cuenta para esta nueva cuenta, no hay problema con el tiempo y comprendo porque aya en Europa el horario es muy diferente que en América, pero muchas gracias (user:ELreydeEspana) 19:13 1/12/14 (UTC)
- Replied at W.carter's talk page. Please try and keep conversations in one place. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:02, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
A bunny for you
A nice bunny being given to you, and maybe not for the first or last time. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. It's becoming a bit of a zoo here! Philg88 ♦talk 15:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Some good news for a change
Gotland says thanks you! Yesterday morning Radio Gotland had a 18 minutes spot about the List of church ruins on Gotland becoming a FL and Wikipedia in general. :) The National Swedish Radio will follow suit with a short spot too, date unknown. This was because of a tweet. This info shamelessly nicked from User talk:Yakikaki#Radio. Best, w.carter-Talk 12:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Good news indeed, kompis. But we've both already had more than our allocated fifteen minutes of fame. Philg88 ♦talk 15:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I just thought it was great the WP got some free ad time on the wireless. :) Cheers, w.carter-Talk 16:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
nurd
Qin sux buttz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diggitycow (talk • contribs) 15:59, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Indef blocked. Philg88 ♦talk 16:12, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
... needs more work --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Should be OK now. Philg88 ♦talk 09:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Let's hope. Did you know that "Hope" is the first entry on my talk? - My name (for you) is just Gerda --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- I miss Kiefer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Demiurge1000
I indef sysop protected. Appropriate? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:10, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- I don't want to keep reverting all day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- And I don't want to keep revdelling. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Totally appropriate in the circumstances - there is no reason for anyone except admins or WMF to edit the page. Philg88 ♦talk 09:26, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Okay. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Totally appropriate in the circumstances - there is no reason for anyone except admins or WMF to edit the page. Philg88 ♦talk 09:26, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- And I don't want to keep revdelling. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Revdel
Is the BLP vio rationale only for articles? Should "grossly insulting..." be the rationale when directed against users/at userspace? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- AFAIK, a User/User Talk page does not fall within Wikipedia's BLP policy so I guess that rationale is only for articles. "Grossly insulting ..." is a good catch all as it's pretty wooly. Philg88 ♦talk 09:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Fair enough. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
James Matheson, William Jardine (merchant), History of Jardine, Matheson & Core drug trafficking
Are you contending that they i)opium is not a drug/narcotic, ii)that Jardine and Matheson were not smugglers.
Would you be brave enough to rewrite these three articles to remove opium smuggling from their resumes. If not "drug trafficker" what do you suggest? Would the category one up be agreeable Category:Smugglers.--KTo288 (talk) 19:49, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Okay Category:Smugglers added to the two, with smuggler in place of drug trafficker in the case of Jardine, because even by the definitions of the time that was what they did.--KTo288 (talk) 19:52, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi there, and thanks for the message. I'm not contending that opium isn't a drug nor that Jardine and Matheson weren't opium smugglers because that's what reliable sources say. What I am against is linking this to modern day drug trafficking, which is a completely different pigeon and doesn't factor in the social and moral context of the first half of the 19th century. Of course, if one wanted to split hairs, it was the Chinese who actually smuggled the drug into the country, JM just flogged it to them off Lintin Island or further up the coast. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 20:15, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
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sorry to ask here but I placed a request at ani, and have gotten no response, what should I do--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Ozzie10aaaa and thanks for the message. I've closed the discussion at the ANI board and commented accordingly. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 18:35, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
For Your amusement
It's a proven fact: Wikipedians are desperate for some fun. Adding an expansion of 54,735 bytes didn't even make the Page view statistics blink. But look what this diff (yes, I was a bit bored) made to the views. :) Q.E.D. w.carter-Talk 20:59, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- Blimey, kompis, that's a serious spike! Suitably amused. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 09:43, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
Satyananda Saraswati
Thanks for taking care of that. I put full pp on for 48 hours on Friday and didn't hand out any blocks because I hoped (stupidly) that they might actually discuss in the meantime. But no, wait for the protection to end and back to square 1. I suspect it will continue and more blocks ensue. Nthep (talk) 08:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The indef-semi should stop some of it, but you're quite right, this is the sort of content that will continue to be argued over. Break out the sock radar ... sigh ... Philg88 ♦talk 09:05, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
You are right, I was also hoping that an of the people that kept in deleting the content added was going to come forward to have a real discussion but it didn't really work. Sorry that I requested a third party opinion. It seemed to be like the best next step. I will follow your advise using one of the other approaches. What do you recommend we should do next. Basically followers of the person in question are trying to avoid some of the content revealed in a public hearing to be added to the bio. Any suggestions are welcomed. Totocol (talk) 09:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Totocol: Asking an admin for advice? Heavens above, whatever next! As far as the article is concerned, all you can do is ensure that all potentially controversial content is solidly referenced. That said, I noticed a WP:CITEKILL section - you don't need nine references - pick the best three. As for potential socking and disruption, there are two members of the Evil Cabal watching the article... Philg88 ♦talk 09:41, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
- Update: Sock radar activated. Babakin007 indef blocked after loud quacking heard from the article's direction. Philg88 ♦talk 20:33, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
- Since he has started an RFC, I have reverted his changes. Because it is one of the rule of RFC that the requested changes must not be implemented if they are new. I don't see how they are necessary or they cause any impact in his career, it is just an allegation by a person who is just a former member of center. Some hours ago, I had also asked for page protection. I am also not sure that why these SPAs have singed in after years, other than edit warring on this article. Bladesmulti (talk) 09:54, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Update: Sock radar activated. Babakin007 indef blocked after loud quacking heard from the article's direction. Philg88 ♦talk 20:33, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
article. Bladesmulti In the talk page you say you are removing my additions because your oppinion is that they are a random allegation. Proper references were provided. Can you explain why official proceedings from a royal commission are random allegations in your oppinion? Can you also explain why the fact that I haven't signed it for a while is important in any way? Totocol (talk) 09:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Bladesmulti: I've no idea either. I've extended the full protection for a week pending the result of the RFC. Philg88 ♦talk 10:12, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for intervening again. I hope the result is that the editors that are trying to delete new information with valid references are not able to continue deleting the new information added. Totocol (talk) 18:52, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I'll keep an eye on how things develop. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 18:59, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Edit warring again, I have no idea what to do really, I thought that 190.(the IP) is a new editor, but now it seems like Totocol has been also editing with IP. Bladesmulti (talk) 13:55, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- Page now indefinitely semi-protected. Please can you and Totocol attempt to reach a consensus on the contentious material. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 16:35, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- Edit warring again, I have no idea what to do really, I thought that 190.(the IP) is a new editor, but now it seems like Totocol has been also editing with IP. Bladesmulti (talk) 13:55, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. Can you explain how trying to ensure that factual information with proper references is kept is disruptive? Is it the fact that a number of followers of the person in mention are trying to avoid others from being able to access official records that can lead to criminal proceedings? I fail to see my wrongdoing. Can an alternative method be used to check that information is factual and is properly referenced? Totocol (talk) 09:11, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Totocol: I think you've nailed the problem in your response: "can lead to criminal proceedings". At the moment, the allegations are at the enquiry stage and therefore only speculative, which is not permitted per WP:CRYSTAL and WP:NOTGOSSIP. Philg88 ♦talk 09:43, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks For the response Phil. I strongly disagree as it is very clearly mentioned that these are currently at allegations stage. I and sure other editors will appear at different points to add that information back. I will abstain from updating until January 15 when the first report will be published. Thanks again for responding so quickly Totocol (talk) 12:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the rational response. It doesn't matter that you emphasise that the matter is "currently at allegations stage". The fact that it's there in the first place is the problem. Have a good festive season! Philg88 ♦talk 16:15, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi, Philg88. The proceedings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse have been widely reported in reliable sources such as the Sydney Morning Herald[8][9], ABC[10], The Guardian[11], the Australian Associated Press and Sky News Australia[12]. I agree that the reliance on primary sources is a problem, but there is ample coverage in secondary sources -- certainly enough to justify inclusion. It appears that editors who admire the subject of the article are unwilling to accept the inclusion of negative material about him with little more basis than Wikipedia:I just don't like it.
- I say this because the reasons given for suppressing this topic have been wholly specious. They have run the gamut from calling the material "illegal", "slander" and a "smear campaign" to baseless assertions that the allegations must be "proven" (whatever that might mean in this context) or that the inquiry must be concluded before this material can be included in the article. Some have claimed that only "official"(?) sources can be included, while others have argued that including this topic is an attempt to influence to the outcome of the inquiry. Still others assert that that the controversy is somehow irrelevant to the subject's biography because it did not affect his career.
- Needless to say, none of this offers any basis for exclusion. It is all quite wrong and some of it is downright kooky. The overriding issue is this: the controversy is well-covered in reliable sources, and so is eligible to be included in a Wikipedia article. The next issue is whether, what, and how much to include, and this requires forging a consensus, but no consensus can be achieved as long as some parties insist on outright suppression.
- As for the question of edit-warring, Totocol is a relatively inexperienced editor who appears (I hope) to have learned his or her lesson in that regard. I will note, however, that the behaviour of other editors has sometimes verged on the abusive, taking advantage of Totocol's relative inexperience to, for example, issue baseless warnings about vandalism in order to gain the upper hand in what is after all a fairly run-of-the-mill content dispute. Totocol appears to have a good-faith belief that the article is incomplete without including a section on the controversy (I agree): where there is no intention to harm the encyclopedia, neither is there vandalism. Such accusations are entirely inappropriate. In contrast, attempting to suppress well-sourced material because it is unfavorable to the subject does harm the article by putting the reputation of the subject above the integrity and completeness of the article.
- Finally, regarding the issue of socking, the abundance of SPAs and the sudden flowering of IP edits going back to December 3 suggest to me there is plenty of socking going on all round, some of it quite artless. Cheers! -- Rrburke (talk) 21:38, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm indeed quite an inexperienced editor with just a handful of contributions but I'm glad to be learning more through this process. Thanks Phil and Rrburkel for your patience and rational approach to this issue. Totocol (talk) 23:02, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Rrburke: Hi there and thanks for your in-depth analysis of the situation. As you rightly identify, this is a content dispute unfortunately complicated through the involvement of inexperienced editors failing to follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines with some added sock/meat puppetry spice added. While I have no doubt that Totocol is editing in good faith, my role here is to prevent disruption to the encyclopedia and to try and maintain the stability of the article. In view of that, I haven't blocked Totocol for edit-warring and have asked the editors involved on several occasions to reach a consensus on what should and should not be included. My view on how the matter moves forward is that those involved should step back and seek dispute resolution. Pending a consensus for its inclusion, the abuse allegation material should stay out of the article. In the mean time, edit warring and disruptive editing will be dealt with accordingly. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 07:14, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi again Philg88. Thanks for your reply. I think that unfortunately the inexperience is precisely what is preventing a consensus from emerging, because editors unfamiliar with how Wikipedia works continue to cite specious reasons for suppressing this topic, something more experienced editors wouldn't do. And, equally unfortunately, the inexperienced have the numbers. Fortunately, though, Wikipedia is not a democracy and decisions are not made by straw poll, so the numbers shouldn't matter: the correct understanding and application of policies and guidelines should.
- @Rrburke: Hi there and thanks for your in-depth analysis of the situation. As you rightly identify, this is a content dispute unfortunately complicated through the involvement of inexperienced editors failing to follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines with some added sock/meat puppetry spice added. While I have no doubt that Totocol is editing in good faith, my role here is to prevent disruption to the encyclopedia and to try and maintain the stability of the article. In view of that, I haven't blocked Totocol for edit-warring and have asked the editors involved on several occasions to reach a consensus on what should and should not be included. My view on how the matter moves forward is that those involved should step back and seek dispute resolution. Pending a consensus for its inclusion, the abuse allegation material should stay out of the article. In the mean time, edit warring and disruptive editing will be dealt with accordingly. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 07:14, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- I won't ask you to become involved on one side or the other, but it would be helpful if, as a neutral party, you could explain to editors what the relevant policies and guidelines are, and how they are customarily applied. Cheers. -- Rrburke (talk) 22:07, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
@Rrburke: I don't intend to become involved and of course I'll keep an eye on what's happening with the article intervening where appropriate. Hopefully we'll see a lot less disruption over the next week as people become too drunk and overfed to edit. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 06:59, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
I was not aware that you are having a discussion on the Satyananda article here. I would like to protest for not being invited and included in those discussions. It seems almost as if user Totocol is trying to influence the judgment of administrators. That's not acceptable. Enigmafay (talk) 15:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library - ScotlandsPeople - I've not got mail
It's a little while now since you left me a talk page message about ScotlandsPeople. I've not had a mail about an account, and if one was sent, it would need to be sent again. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that. Let me check into it and get back to you. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 16:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Charles Matthews: ScotlandsPeople now have all the relevant details so you should hear something in the next few days. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 08:19, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
- So, not to nag about this, but as far as I've been able to tell, nobody has yet received the needed credit to actually use ScotlandsPeople. Is it just a matter of waiting, or is there a problem that needs to be addressed? LeadSongDog come howl! 19:32, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hmm ... Sorry to hear that. I sent ScotlandsPeople all the details of the approved accounts some time ago and thought that they would have been processed by now. I will try and chase it up this week but I don't hold out much hope of success based on the festive season being upon us. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 20:01, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. All the best of the season.LeadSongDog come howl! 20:42, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hmm ... Sorry to hear that. I sent ScotlandsPeople all the details of the approved accounts some time ago and thought that they would have been processed by now. I will try and chase it up this week but I don't hold out much hope of success based on the festive season being upon us. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 20:01, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there,I wanted to ask you that what is the meaning of good faith edits?? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devesh 4-2-2000 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Devesh 4-2-2000: In the context of why I reverted your edit on Lucknow, it means that you made an edit with the right motive but that it didn't fit in with established Wikipedia policies and guidelines. You can read more about good faith here. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 17:48, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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I'm sorry for the conflict in the Teahouse and now I reward this to you. DEW. Adrenaline (Nahnah4) 10:15, 12 December 2014 (UTC) |
- Thank you! Philg88 ♦talk 10:18, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Day 3
This is day 3 of a large scale overload cyber attack on the Swedish Internet. My only access is via an old phone with an obsolete webhost. So no edits, no mail, nothing. Just to let you know. w.carter-Talk 10:58, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hey, @W.carter: do we have article about this cyber attack? Sounds like it will pass our WP:NEVENTS. Jim Carter 11:02, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have no idea. You have to look, I can't see anything here. Most pages can't be reached, WP is one of the few that is open to me. Even writing this takes forever on this old thing I have to use now. w.carter-Talk 11:12, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Jim Cartar: (I'm posting here to keep the conversation intact.) Back online, for now. The attack was actually three consecutive attacks, but not noteworthy since they did not affect the entire system just most of it. A hacker group called Lizard Squad, thought to originate in Russia, has claimed responsibility for it. The were out to cause trouble for the gaming company Electronic Arts and blacked out large parts of Sweden in the process. In a statement they say that the attacks will continue on this and other gaming companies until Christmas. Through open servers they managed to access 25 million computers and use them in an overload. Best, w.carter-Talk 15:36, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have no idea. You have to look, I can't see anything here. Most pages can't be reached, WP is one of the few that is open to me. Even writing this takes forever on this old thing I have to use now. w.carter-Talk 11:12, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that kompis. From my experiences in China, I know how annoying an outage like that can be. Chin up and I'm sure they'll fix it soon! Philg88 ♦talk 16:46, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- Oh. Sorry to hear that @W.carter:. I hope it will be fixed soon. But if we get news coverage for a good amount of time then an article maybe possible. Btw what does kompis mean? Jim Carter (from public cyber) 18:57, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Jim Cartar: Yes, it's annoying, but we'll manage. It's fixed for now and I've hooked up at an old account on a small server that is not affected, a bit slower that usual but working. Sort of like working with Morse code while the aliens are attacking. ;) Kompis is Swedish for "my friend". Cheers, w.carter-Talk 19:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Happy Lucia!
"Good Morning" Philg88:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia!
13 December is the day when Swedes perplex the rest of the world by showing up way too early in the morning dressed in white tunics, candles in their hair, singing and bringing saffron buns and breakfast in bed to nice people. Hope you have a bright day!
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- Thank you! Philg88 ♦talk 07:10, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) (humourous message) You mean December 13 is Taylor Swift's birthday, W.carter? DEW. Adrenaline (Nahnah4) 09:58, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- I doubt if they'll rename it "St Taylor's Day" but you could try ... . Philg88 ♦talk 10:09, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- She's always welcome to apply for "being Lucia" and help us scare the crap out of the Nobel laureates on this morning. Most of them stay on a couple of days after the ceremony and get morning treatment. :) w.carter-Talk 10:16, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- I doubt if they'll rename it "St Taylor's Day" but you could try ... . Philg88 ♦talk 10:09, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) (humourous message) You mean December 13 is Taylor Swift's birthday, W.carter? DEW. Adrenaline (Nahnah4) 09:58, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajanpura
I edited innotechive as a site/blog name but you reverted it . Innotechive is not a name of shop .
ANd what about safety rate in this town , I had visited there once..— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevigilante053 (talk • contribs)
- Hi there Thevigilante053 and thanks for the message. It doesn't matter whether it's a shop. The relevant Wikipedia guideline clearly states that the following external links are not permitted: "Blogs, personal web pages and most fansites, except those written by a recognized authority." Thank you for your understanding. Philg88 ♦talk 09:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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Deletion caused problems
Phil, you deleted Kathi Darbar(Kshatriya) by renaming it without leaving a redirect. Unfortunately, you broke multiple links and redirects to this page in the process. The article had been at that mis-spaced title since 2010. Because the title is so old, it does not qualify for speedy deletion (which is exactly what you did), but instead needs discussion at WP:Redirects for discussion before being deleted. I've restored the redirect, but in the future, do not move without redirects unless the old name qualifies for speedy deletion. Also, do not move without a redirect without fixing incoming links. Thank you, Oiyarbepsy (talk) 17:28, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. Strictly speaking it wasn't a speedy deletion but a page move over a redirect. That said, it was my bad not leaving the redirect, which I did on the basis of a spacing error not requiring one. Once all the wrongly spaced incoming links are fixed, the page can go. Philg88 ♦talk 18:02, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
- The page should not be deleted, and its four years at that title would almost certainly lead to a keep decision at Redirects for Discussion. We can fix our links, but we can't fix the rest of the Internet. Since the page doesn't need to be deleted anyway, the incoming links don't really need to be fixed anyway. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 18:18, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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Does this need any copyedit? Jim Carter 07:13, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- Done Philg88 ♦talk 08:51, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you very much friend! Any other suggestions on how to improve it further? Jim Carter 08:57, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- Not really, looks OK to me. Philg88 ♦talk 08:59, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm thinking of nominating it for GA. Since you have some experience with GA process so any opinion? Jim Carter 09:07, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- I haven't done a thorough review but it certainly meets the outline criteria. I suggest that you file a request at the Ga nominations page. Philg88 ♦talk 09:10, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm thinking of nominating it for GA. Since you have some experience with GA process so any opinion? Jim Carter 09:07, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- Not really, looks OK to me. Philg88 ♦talk 08:59, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you very much friend! Any other suggestions on how to improve it further? Jim Carter 08:57, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
A follow on question to previous help, now about removing an orphan tag
Hello Philg88,
You helped me before on Teahouse with a question about the Janice Lourie Wikipedia page, so I am returning with a follow on question. The page has been tagged with an orphan tag, however it is only a week old. It doesn't make sense to me that it should have internal links. The page has many external references to insure its notability.
Janice Lourie is pending AFC submission. (Just added the pending status in case that is relevant to me request)
Would it be appropriate for me to select undo and remove the tag? JanJanvermont (talk) 13:43, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Jan for the additionJanvermont (talk) 14:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Janvermont: Hi there! The orphan tag was added by an automated editor known as a "bot", so if you remove the tag it will be put back again. What you need to do is to solve the underlying problem and create one or more incoming links to the article. I've added a link from Longy School of Music and removed the tag because it's no longer an orphan but you may like to add more incoming links. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 16:30, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Wow you made a link. Please tell me how, I haven't got it all together
I want to learn to do what you did in adding the link to my Janice Lourie pending page. Who, I.e., what page originates the creation of the link. What is behind the motivation. Can you outline the creation process for me enough for me to do one or more myself. Where is the link. In your case is it in the Longy school article or in Janice Lourie. Appreciatively,JanJanvermont (talk) 16:48, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I went to the Longy article and found you added my name to the alumni and student list. Now I have a specific link which I would like to have, but not sure if it can be done. Herman Goldstine who ha a Wikipedia page, commented in his book on page 20, the computer from Pascal to Von Neumann, about the significance of one of my patents. The book is listed in his publication section. Is there a way to use this as a link?
Jan Janvermont (talk) 16:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm going to ask someone else (W.carter) to help you here but I suggest that you read this guideline about conflicts of interest. I didn't realise that you were the subject of the article, which is no big problem but there are certain rules that you need to follow. Philg88 ♦talk 18:10, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, I'm here. How can I be of service? General advice or something specific? w.carter-Talk 18:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- So, I guess you're out for the evening, and Janvermont you have to do with me instead. :) I usually "work a later shift" than Philg88 so I'll be you guide from now on, and I'll be continuing this conversation on your talk page see you there! Best w.carter-Talk 18:35, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, I'm here. How can I be of service? General advice or something specific? w.carter-Talk 18:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks for helping out, kompis. I'm sure Santa will reward you accordingly. Philg88 ♦talk 09:54, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
About your DYK nomination
Hi, Phil! About that article Sunil Kumar Verma that you nominated for DYK: I want to let you know that I am changing a word in the article, and also in the DYK hook (which is currently in the prep area). I changed it to say "assignment to a known species source," rather than "assignation". The most common meaning of "assignation" is a meeting - particularly a secret meeting, like a lovers' rendezvous.[13] I hope you don't mind this change. I notified the author also. --MelanieN (talk) 22:19, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
- Well, never mind. EEng changed it back to assignation, saying it's a technical term. --MelanieN (talk) 00:38, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry to be a pedant, MelanieN but "assignation" is grammatically correct in this case (I think it's the present participle but don't quote me on that ). Anyway, thanks for trying to help. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 03:59, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Sunil Kumar Verma
On 23 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sunil Kumar Verma, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Sunil Kumar Verma was co-inventor of Universal primer technology, which allows identification of any unknown biological sample and its assignation to a known species source? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sunil Kumar Verma. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 00:01, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88, I see that DYK for Verma is reviewed very positively by another editor/admin. Congratulations on this! Also @Ivanvector has given me article rescue barnstar for this work on my talk page. It is a good feeling!
However, I just noticed that one user named Inder neal has added the deletion tag on this article by giving a reason which was thoroughly discussed, reviewed and administered during the rescue process. He seems to be playing with the article Sunil Kumar Verma again and again and he seems to be biased and personal. Please see and take action as appropriate. I shall be thankful for the same.
Hope the matter with inder neal is resolved soon. Thanks in advance. Educationtemple (talk) 10:00, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- I've warned the user about such behavior. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 10:50, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- Aye.. I have warned him as well. Phil are you using FLOW? Why we didn't had any edit conflict. We both added the warning almost at the same time. Jim Carter 10:59, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Cheers Dear Philg88 and Jim Carter. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015!! Educationtemple (talk) 11:34, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
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I wish you all happiness, a peaceful Holiday and a prosperous New Year. All the best, w.carter-Talk 09:59, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- Same to you Philg88 ♦talk 10:32, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
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